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Minister Muyingo’s school implicated in exam cheating as teacher is held

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Geoffery Serugo
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Dr. Chrysostom Muyingo

 

The State Minister for Higher Education, John Chrysostom Muyingo is on spot following the incarceration of a teacher who exposed his Seeta junior school Mbalala Campus as a center of examination malpractice in the recently concluded Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE).

The school was exposed by its employee Richard Okello who is also an English teacher. According to Mr. Okello, the school is owned by Minister Muyingo. In the recently concluded PLE exams, Mr. Okello was appointed as an examination scout and working under a team led by Commissioner CID administration Richard Mwesigye.

It is allegedly that during that period, Mr. Okello and the team arrested two of Seeta junior school teachers known as Mr. Ekaju and Mr. Odeke and Mobile phones recovered from them indicated that they had circulated leaked examination on WhatsApp platform to several schools including Global Junior School, Mukono Junior School, and Shiloh Junior School Jinja among other schools.

Narrating his ordeal, Mr. Okello said, when the Minister Muyingo heard that his teachers had been arrested on charges of examination malpractice, he reportedly pushed for their release on police bond by Jinja road police station.

It is alleged that after securing the release of the two teachers, Minister Muyingo allegedly used his power and connection influenced and had Mr. Okello implicated and charges brought against him.

Through his lawyers, Mr. Okello has petitioned to Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), calling for supervision of all the charges brought against him.

“On 6th November 2019, Okello was reportedly arrested by the body guard of Mr Muyingo from Seeta Junior School-Mbalala Campus staff quarters and has been detained and transferred to various police stations of Mukono central police station, Katwe police station and Jinja road police station.” reads in part of the petition.

“Our client strongly believes that he is unfairly and illegally detained because he exposed examination malpractice in Seeta junior school. He believes that the trumped up charges brought against him are a mere cover-up for heinous crime of cheating national exams for which Seeta junior school teachers should be held culpable,” the lawyers wrote

They wondered why police is not focusing on the released teachers instead of manufacturing cases against him after helping in the exposure of vice that is eating up the sector.

“My lord we have raised our clients concerns with you being the constitutionally mandated office to supervise all criminal charges in contrary so that you intervene to stop this capricious and unlawful cover up of a serious crime of examination malpractice”

Efforts to get a comment by Eagle Online from Minister Muyingo were unsuccessful as he didn’t answer his mobile phone.

 

 

 

 

 

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African Development Bank, EU reaffirm partnership to de-risk business environment, create jobs in Africa

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Our Reporter
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AfDb President Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina

 

 

The African Development Bank and the European Union shook hands on a renewed commitment to unlock hundreds of millions in financing for African infrastructure and development needs.

Collaboration between the two institutions would focus on de-risking the business environment in Africa, providing equity, guarantees and other types of non-grant support, African Development Bank President Akinwumi and European Union Commissioner Neven Mimica said at a news conference held Monday, on the sidelines of the Africa Investment Forum.

Both men stressed the central role of investment in the transformation of Africa. Mimica said the EU whose goal is to move from billions to trillions in investment over the next decade, was encouraged by the Bank’s recent capital increase. “The Bank is our strategic partner – it important that it is well capitalized,” Mimica said.

The parties spoke on several areas of joint collaboration, including EU commitment for investments in Africa and its role as a major partner of the Africa Investment Forum.

Mimica said the EU would be supporting risk-sharing guarantees of 70 million euros set to unlock hundreds of millions and creating 175,000 jobs. Supporting investments in job creation in alliance with Africa over the next five years, the EU would disburse 60 billion euros in one of the largest guarantee funds created, creating 10 million jobs.

“The role of the Bank is crucial, we attach great importance to the alliance,” Mimica said.

Financial support from the EU has enabled the Bank to push through transformative initiatives such as PAGODA, which allows the institution to invest in infrastructure, especially in West Africa. PAGODA has enabled the bank to provide grants to low-income African countries, fragile states, provide concessional loans, technical assistance, equity and guarantees in support of sovereign and non-sovereign projects.

“The EU is the partner of choice for the African Development Bank,” Adesina said, adding that the EU had shown great support to the Bank in renewable energy.

The EU also took a tranche of risk in Room2Run, the African Development Bank and partners’ innovative $1 billion synthetic securitization of a portfolio of seasoned African Development Bank private sector loans.

Speaking on the continent’s challenges, Adesina said despite its growing population, Africa was “brimming with hope.”

“The youth don’t need handouts. They are our assets in which we our financial institutions should invest,” he said.

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NWSC MD elected President African Water Association

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Isaiah Mwebaze
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Eng. Silver Mugisha, NWSC Managing Director who is credited with the latest innovations.

The Managing Director of National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC), Dr. Silver Mugisha has been elected President African Water Association (AFWA) by the board yesterday in Kampala.

 He is the first Ugandan to hold the position.

The election came at a time when the country is in its final preparations to host the African Water Congress in February, 2020 where over 3000 water a sanitation experts and heads of state are expected to attend.

The African water Association (AFWA) is a professional association with over 100 utility members from over 50 countries across Africa. AFWA is the biggest and strongest agenda setting policy influencing and solution seeking association on the continent

In 2016, Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha was elected Vice President of the International Water Association (IWA).

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Kadaga urges gov’t to close health centres operating without latrines

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Our Reporter
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Rebecca Kadaga

 

 

All government run health centres operating without latrines should close, the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has intimated.

During the opening of the inaugural parliamentary symposium on water and sanitation at Parliament Kadaga, said she was disgusted to learn that a big number of government health centres in Uganda do not have latrines.

“If 85 per cent of government health facilities do not have toilets, we should close them. We should create a crisis in the country. Let us close them and then government will wake up,” she said.

Speaker Kadaga said she was disturbed that just like it is the case with latrine coverage, Uganda is also grappling with low levels of water coverage, calling on the Ministry of Water and Environment to refrain from painting a wrong picture of a higher coverage in the country.

“I want to ask the Ministry of Water to stop talking about the 79 per cent water coverage because I have spent the last four years providing water in Kamuli District. I have moved around Karamoja and the percentage is about 45. Be sincere and we shall help you,” Kadaga said.

She revealed that in her constituency, water shortage had become the source of domestic violence as more men were beating their wives for spending more time fetching water from far off areas. She further said children were getting raped as they trekked long distances searching for water.

Kadaga urged legislators on the Parliamentary Forum on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) to interest themselves in budgetary allocations for water and sanitation in the next financial year, urging them to fight for increased funding.

The Chairperson Parliamentary Forum on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene who is also the woman MP for Ngora District), Jaqueline Amongin, reiterated the forum has in response to poor sanitation indicators,  prepared a Private Member’s Bill on menstrual health and hygiene to urge government to commit to issues of menstrual health and hygiene.

The Commissioner for Environmental Health in the Ministry of Health, Dr Julian Komuhangi, said the country is generally performing poorly in a range of sanitation and hygiene indicators, with people in many districts still practicing open defecation.

The symposium themed, “The role of Parliament in positioning water, sanitation and hygiene as a key driver for national development” was organised by Parliament’s Forum on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in partnership with Ministry of Health, Ministry of Water and Environment and UNICEF among many others development partners implementing WASH programmes.

 

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Coca-Cola Beverages contributes to improved access to clean drinking water for 100 households in Ndeeba Parish

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Geoffery Serugo
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Nyonta Relief Patron, Joyce Nabosa Ssebugwawo giving out the kits to the beneficiaries.

Coca-Cola Beverages has launched a collaboration with Nyonta Relief to provide increased access to safe water for vulnerable households in Ndeeba, in Kampala.

Supporting the project ‘Nyonta Tree for Life’, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa will supply 100 ‘Nyonta Kits’ to families in Ndeeba, which will give them clean drinking water for use in their households for drinking, cooking and other uses.

The Nyonta Kit uses gravity to purify over 100 LPD of any water from a fresh water source making it safe for human consumption. The contribution is valued at Shs 33 million and will go to 500 people in the Ndeeba community.

At the launch, Sales Director of Century and Rwenzori Bottling Companies, Ivan Oboth, said the company support to the vulnerable communities in Ndeeba was underpinned by the belief that all people around the world deserved a chance to access safe water for life.

“Water was a key issue for the Coca-Cola system around the world and pledged that the company would continue using water responsibly to ensure that the bottling operations in Uganda reduced water use and supported the provision of safe, clean drinking water to communities.” He said.

Ms. Diana Apio Kasyate, Relations Manager Coca-Cola East and Central Africa Franchise said, “It is critical for us, as part of the world’s leading beverage company, to use water responsibly in our operations and lead in giving it back. We work to protect local water resources and provide safe, clean drinking water to communities in need.”

Explaining the project, Nyonta Relief Patron, Joyce Nabosa Ssebugwawo, the Mayor of Rubaga Division said that In Uganda, it is estimated that 33 children die every day due to diarrhea from contaminated drinking water.

“That is why we launched the ‘Anti33’ campaign; to bring together people and organisations who feel the moral obligation to help reduce the number of children dying of preventable drinking water diseases. We are happy that the Coca-Cola System has joined us today,” she said.

Ssebugwawo said that since mothers are the custodians of household health, ensuring the availability of drinking water in homes is their direct responsibility. She encouraged all women to join the campaign.

Having access to clean drinking water is key to a healthy life. Additionally, availability of clean drinking water has the power to encourage gender equality, stable education for children in a home and income generation for mothers who will have ample time since sickness in a home is eliminated.

It is worth noting that millions of people across the world are deprived of this essential need. The issue is particularly problematic in Southern Africa. According to UNICEF, in Uganda it is estimated that 60 per cent of the population has no access to potable water, leading to the death of 33 children every day.

The Ministry of Water and Environment in July this year presented Coca-Cola Beverages Africa with an award for Water Usage Efficiencies at the Mbarara Plant, after a sector audit covering 24 companies in Uganda. The project will benefit 500-700 people in 100 households.

 

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Absa launches first digital branch in Kampala

By
Geoffery Serugo
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ABSA

Absa bank has launched its first digital branch moments after it had just been granted a banking license to operate in the country.

Located at Jubilee Insurance Building along Parliamentary Avenue, the branch will offer 24/7customers greater convenience through self-service at automated digital platforms.

The branch was launched by the Executive Director Supervision in Bank of Uganda, Dr. Twinemanzi Tumubweine and Absa Bank Uganda’s Managing Director, Nazim Mahmood.

“Absa has launched with a bang because within a space of 4 days, you have managed to show your commitment to Ugandans by opening a digital branch that is open 24/7” Twinemanzi said

He congratulated the bank for complying with bank of Uganda directives and procedures acquiring operating license.

Absa Uganda Managing Director, Nazim Mahmood applauded central bank for all the support they have rendered to us for the last two and a half years, “We couldn’t have managed to achieve all of this without your support” he added

“The concept of a digital branch is based on the principle of convenience. This branch is going to be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.” Mahmood said

Absa rebranded after the sell-down by Barclays PLC of its majority shareholding in Barclays Africa Group to a minority position.

In May this year, shareholders of Barclays Africa Group Ltd gave approval for the entity’s name to be changed to Absa Group Limited in July, setting in motion the start of one of the largest rebrand projects in Africa at this time.

As part of the separation agreement, Barclays Africa Group, will cease using the Barclays brand in Africa in 2020.

The group’s Barclays-branded banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, has continued to trade as ‘Barclays’ even after the group name changed to Absa in July.

The Barclays-branded banks in these countries rebranded at a later stage, subject to regulatory approvals in those markets.

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Amama Mbabazi set to return to gov’t as PM in the new reshuffle as Rugunda heads to Foreign Affairs

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Our Reporter
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The good olden days between Museveni and Mbabazi are back.

 

Whoever coiled a saying that in politics there is no permanent enemy and permanent friend could be a genius as far as politics is concerned. And perfectly that is what can be said former Prime Minister John Patrick Amama Mbabazi and President Yoweri Museveni.

According to highly credible sources within government and intelligence, the return of Mr Mbabazi to the manifold is more less a done deal.

Accordingly, Mr Mbabazi is bouncing back as PM replacing his childhood friend Dr. Livingston Ruhakana Rugunda who actually replaced Mr Mbabazi after failing to work with Mr Museveni who he accused of having failure to honour an earlier agreement of stepping aside so as to enable Mr. Mbabazi succeed him as party chairman and subsequently as a presidential candaiate for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM).

Eagle Online has established that the underground meetings have been ongoing involving Mr. Mbabazi and President Museveni and the only thing item left is the meeting between President Museveni on one side Mr Mbabazi and Rugunda on the other side in order to harmonize the two gentlemen. It is said that Mr. Mbabazi lately has been using his Kololo based home as his office to carryout some of government work assigned to him by Museveni.

Sources further say Dr. Rugunda is reportedly heading back to diplomacy and therefore, he will be replacing Foreign Affairs Minister, Sam Kahamba Kutesa who has indicated, he is retiring from active politics.

It was revealed that upon the emergency of Kyadondo East Member Parliament, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine on the national scene especially the episodes that engulfed parliament during the age limit amendment debt, it exposed government as it lacked serious maneuvers who move things without necessarily being exposed. Sources further say there has been lack of coordination of government programmes and department by the office of Prime Minister which blame was heaped on Dr. Rugunda as being ineffective due to his soft approach to issues.

It is therefore, not surprising when cabinet chaired by Mr. Museveni nominated Rachael Kichoco Mbabazi to chair the board of National Water and Sewerage Corporation and in the same spirit, last weekend Mr. Museveni gave his military helicopter to Mr. Mbabazi to fly him to Lyatonde to attend a wedding of a daughter of city businessman Ben Kavuya.

It is said in the impending reshuffle which insiders say could take slightly before or after festive   season, Mr. Museveni is set to unveil his former blue-eyed boy again as leader of government business.

 

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Over 19 million children vaccinated against Measles Rubella

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Our Reporter
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The minister of health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed that a total of 19,476,110 children have been vaccinated against Measles Rubella out of the 18,100,000 targeted representing 108 percent.

They were vaccinated under the 18 million dollar immunization campaign funded by the Government of Uganda, Global Alliance for Vaccines (GAVI), World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is intended to tackle such public health challenges.

Remarking at media centre, the minister said over 7,955,597 children were vaccinated against Polio out of the 8,200,000 targeted representing 97 per cent.

“We utilized 20,000,000 doses of Measles and Rubella vaccines, 9,649,500 doses of Oral Polio Vaccines, engaged more than 16,000 schools and 20,000 vaccination posts; 133,920 VHT members, 66,960.” She said.

She said the country will continue to defend its polio free status despite the high risk of importation of Polio from neighboring countries some of which continue to harbor polio viruses while others have challenged surveillance systems.

It is therefore against this risk that all children at risk of polio aged 0 to 5 years were vaccinated with the aim of boosting community immunity.

Over the last three years, at least 120 districts annually reported suspected cases through the weekly surveillance system.  96 per cent of the reported cases were between the ages one to 15 years; hence informing our target population for the vaccination exercise.

In the recent past, the country has experienced Measles and Rubella outbreaks in over 60 districts. At the same time, Polio remains a big threat given evidence of wild and vaccine-derived strains circulating in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.

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Parliament commends UCU for holistic education

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Our Reporter
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UCU

Parliament has commended the Vice Chancellor of Uganda Christian University (UCU), Rev John Senyonyi and his administration for taking an interest in the students’ life while at the university.

Kadaga made the remarks as she witnessed the swearing in of the new UCU, Guild President and Guild Representative Council held at the university’s main campus in Mukono, today 14 November 2019.

“I want to thank the Vice Chancellor and the administration of the University for taking an interest in the entire process of election of the students. They are guiding the students ensuring that they achieve the objectives while keeping God first,” said Kadaga adding that “While I was at the university the VC was very distant from us and what we did was purely students’ affairs.”

In the elections held this month, Timothy Kivunike Kadaga beat Elias Nyakahuma to become the 21st Guild President of UCU.

The Vice Chancellor, Senyonyi, hailed the loser for expressing humility and conceding defeat in the race.

Timothy Kivunike Kadaga, a second year law student, swore to be faithful and bear true allegiance and to preserve, protect, defend and uphold UCU guild constitution.

“Now that we have taken oath we have started work. I will work with Nyakahuma who had good ideas that if implemented we shall move many steps forward,” Kivunike Kadaga said.

Kivunike Kadaga was the Speaker of the Commonwealth Youth Parliament (African Region) held in Uganda in April 2019.

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Winnie Byanyima sworn in as UNAIDS Executive Director

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Geoffery Serugo
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Winnie Byanyima

The former Executive Director of Oxfam international, Eng. Winnie Byanyima has been sworn in as the Executive Director of UNAIDS.

The swearing in ceremony was conducted by the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres at the UN headquarters in New York.

Eng. Byanyima who is also a wife to Uganda’s main opposition politician, Dr. Kizza Besigye, has replaced Michel Sidibé who departed earlier this year.

She was appointed in August as the UNAIDS Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General following a comprehensive selection process that involved a search committee constituted by members of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board.

UNAIDS Programme is dedicated to the elimination of AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.

“The end of AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is a goal that is within the world’s reach, but I do not underestimate the scale of the challenge ahead. Working with all its partners, UNAIDS must continue to speak up for the people left behind and champion human rights as the only way to end the epidemic,” she said.

Ms Byanyima began her career as a champion of marginalized communities and women 30 years ago as a member of parliament in the National Assembly of Uganda.

She became the Director of Women and Development at the African Union Commission, in 2004, working on the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa, an international human rights instrument that became an important tool for reducing the disproportionate effect of HIV on the lives of women in Africa.

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